]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/mary-ellen-carter-academy/feed/0xiousgeonzWhen I paint my masterpiece :)https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/when-i-paint-my-masterpiece/
https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/when-i-paint-my-masterpiece/#respondThu, 06 Oct 2016 15:50:39 +0000http://mecacad.wordpress.com/?p=51Continue reading →]]>So! I found that you can call something a practice quiz and it won’t be graded or added to the syllabus. (I’m not sure how I feel about the syllabus getting most things added to it automatically. I know some peeps want the syllabus to just be stuff so you could use it w/ different sections and adapt. We’ll see!) Then there’s the “survey” which you get points for doing, regardless of your answers.

A graded quiz is the most common quiz, and Canvas automatically creates a column in the Gradebook for any graded quizzes you build.

A practice quiz is ungraded and can be used as a learning tool to help students see how well they understand the course material. Practice quizzes do not appear in the syllabus or Gradebook.

A graded survey allows you to give students points for completing the survey; however, it is not graded based on right or wrong answers.

An ungraded survey allows you to obtain opinions or other information from students; however, students do not receive a grade for their responses. Ungraded surveys do not appear in the syllabus or Gradebook.

So in my ‘learning about this’ thing the next thing is to make a lesson around a ‘quiz’ like the guy does in the video about it.

Seems a good place to stick the stuff I want to be able to find and share for my attempts at an adult ed math lesson.

http://www.learninglover.com/examples.php?id=84 has a primitve script for practicing the slope formula. Alas, pretty much everything else on the site is ‘way over my guys’ heads and the ‘arithmetic’ has how to code arithmetic, not how to learn it ( both are nifty, of course) .

]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/okay-lets-wake-this-up/feed/0xiousgeonzMoodle, Canvas, D2L? Where shall the Mary Ellen Carter Academy dwell?https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/moodle-canvas-d2l-where-shall-the-mary-ellen-carter-academy-dwell/
https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/moodle-canvas-d2l-where-shall-the-mary-ellen-carter-academy-dwell/#commentsFri, 23 Jan 2015 23:42:38 +0000http://mecacad.wordpress.com/?p=37]]>To be continued ]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/moodle-canvas-d2l-where-shall-the-mary-ellen-carter-academy-dwell/feed/1xiousgeonzDId somebody say CONTEST???https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/did-somebody-say-contest/
https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/did-somebody-say-contest/#respondThu, 12 Jun 2014 02:24:37 +0000http://mecacad.wordpress.com/?p=19Continue reading →]]> I won!!! I won!!! Microsoft has this initiative called “#WorkWonders” and the contest was to tweet about something I was doing that day for education using a Microsoft OFfice product. Welp, I really happened to be polishing the narration for my “how to find the perimeter of those L shaped ‘complex shapes’ when a side is missing” powerpoint, including using hte new callout features and animating a few things here and there. And while I tell myself that probably I won because all the other teachers are busy finishing up their school year… I actually rather like it.

This summer I’m going to divide my time between: a. Helping summer students and helping with orientation, b: making more powerpoint supports for the Transitions course so that people can go back and review, and c: *hopefully* making my “subtracting negative numbers” app work, and d: making java lessons like that and e: planning out an entire Transitions level “course” with more applications to life (like mentally making change) and f: playing around with the … oops, I think I’m going to run out of summer or the alphabet so I’ll stop right here, but I want to make tools and pathways for everyday people to yes, actually, ***understand** math. I am “sick up and fed” of hearing people talk about math as if it were a war they survived… with PTSD.

… finished with all 3 CSC classes to give me the skillset to make cool things with Java and Android, but I think I’ll keep building with good ol’ Microsoft Office as I go. (I’ve entered a contest, even…) http://www.resourceroom.net/2014math has assorted links to things I’m working on…

]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/summer-time/feed/0xiousgeonzSpring Semester Is Beginning!https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/spring-semester-is-beginning/
https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/spring-semester-is-beginning/#respondMon, 13 Jan 2014 17:44:11 +0000http://mecacad.wordpress.com/?p=9Continue reading →]]>Hello out there… I’m Sue Jones, and I’m adding things to this website “all the time” (when I have time :)). I am at Parkland College in the Center for Academic Success, D120. I’ll post my exact schedule soon — but in the meantime, WELCOME

The “Mary Ellen Carter Academy” is called that because I needed a name for it, and “The Mary Ellen Carter” is one of my favorite songs about a ship that sank, but its crew would not let it stay down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA includes the story of a man who kept from freezing to death by singing the chorus over and over until the Coast Guard rescued him…

]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/spring-semester-is-beginning/feed/0xiousgeonzThe first lessons are up!https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-first-lessons-are-up/
https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-first-lessons-are-up/#respondMon, 19 Aug 2013 02:32:15 +0000http://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-first-lessons-are-up/]]>See http://www.resourceroom.net/mec/]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-first-lessons-are-up/feed/0xiousgeonzWhat is Transitions Math?https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/what-is-transitions-math/
https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/what-is-transitions-math/#respondThu, 08 Aug 2013 22:12:50 +0000http://mecacad.wordpress.com/?p=6]]>In Transitions Math, we’ll help you prepare for learning pre-algebra and algebra by building your foundations in math concepts and fluency in working with numbers. Let’s get started on a great semester! ]]>https://mecacad.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/what-is-transitions-math/feed/0xiousgeonz